Cyclone Freddy: Malawi's president calls for global help

Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera has called the devastation caused by Cyclone Freddy "a national tragedy" and has promised to intensify the search and rescue operations. He visited the areas badly hit by the storm and attended the funeral of some victims. There are new fears that the cholera outbreak that the country had been enduring before the cyclone, will now get worse.

We have a report from our correspondent in Blantyre in southern Malawi.

(Photo: Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera meets injured people at Queen Elizabeth hospital in Blantyre. Credit: BBC.)